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School: Naomh Ceitheach, Runnamoat (roll number 8499)

Location:
Runnamoat, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Gráinne, Bean Uí Neachtain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0262, Page 092

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    Children are amused by playing all sorts of games both indoor and outdoor.
    Some of my companions and I have a special game called "Four Corners" for ourselves.
    The rules are as follows -
    Five are required to play it. Four select a corner each and one stands in the middle. We are compelled to run from corner to corner so that the one in the middle will have a chance to get a corner. This is repeated for a long time until the one in the middle gets a corner. So the one dispossessed has to occupy the centre position then and so on.
    "Jenny Jones" is the name of another
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teeny Hayden
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardlagheen More or Highlake, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Edward Hayden
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ardlagheen More or Highlake, Co. Roscommon